Unpaid Paternity Leave (weeks)

Healthcare: Communications Maternity and Paternity Leave

How many weeks of paid maternity, unpaid maternity, paid paternity and unpaid paternity leave do employers in the Healthcare: Communications industry offer?

Benefits

MedianAverage

Minimum Paid Maternity Leave (weeks)

65

Minimum Unpaid Maternity Leave (weeks)

89

Minimum Paid Paternity Leave (weeks)

01

Minimum Unpaid Paternity Leave (weeks)

??

ContextMedia Inc. Maternity Leave Comments

"I've worked here for 3 months. There is a good mix of men and women in most non-technical roles (almost all of the programmers/product dev are men) and there is only one of nine executives that is a female. She is the co-founder, but even with a 50/50 founders split, the benefits package is woefully weighted towards men. They push the HSA (Health Savings Account) plan, but neglect to mention that only a handful of birth control options are covered in the policy .They only offer the bare-minimum of state/city mandated maternity leave (6 weeks at 66%) and ZERO paternity leave. Hopefully this won't be the case forever as it is a VERY dynamic workplace and we are always looking for ways to make ourselves better. I am going to personally lead the charge to get at least 4 months of paid maternity/paternity leave. Wish me luck!"
- Lady CMHLady

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